Car-roof construction.



J; J. KELLEHER & 0. D. PORTER. CAR ROOF CONSTRUCTION.

' APPLICATION FILED NOV. 8, 1911. 1,022,091 Patented Apr. 2, 19 12.

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Patented Apr. 2, 1912.

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CAR-ROOF CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2, 1912.

Application'filed November8, 1911. Serial No. 659,090.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JEREMIAH J. KELLE- HER and CHARLES D. PORTER, citizens of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in Car-Roof Construction, of which the following is a specifieation.

Our invention relates to improvements in car roof construction, the object of the in vention being to provide a car roof which will embody the maximum of strength and durability, and which will perfectly exclude water.

A further object is to provide an improved arrangement of carline and cap transversely positioned on opposite sides of the roof timbers and having filler pieces, all of which are secured by bolts passed through the carline, cap, filler pieces and roof timbers.

A further object is to provide improved means for securing and confining the edges of metal roof sheets, and provide an improved construction ofsaddle for supporting the running boards on top of the car.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements-of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in ,the claim.

In the acompanying drawings, Figure 1, is a fragmentary top plan. view illustrating our improvements. Fig. 2 is a view in transverse section on an enlarged scale on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a View in transverse section on an enlarged scale on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4, is a fragmentary view in side elevation illustrating two of the cave clips in place and one removed. Fig. 5, is a fragmentary view on an enlarged scale in longitudinal section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1. Fi 6, is a fragmentary viewin section on t e line 6-6 of \Fig. 1. .Fig. 7': is an inner face view of one mt the cave clips Fig. 8, is an end. eleva tion of one of the cave clips. Fig. 9,-is, a

view in" section on the line 99 of, ,ig 7.

Fig. 10, is a view in section on the line 10.-1O of Fig. v7. vFig. 11, is a' v1ew similar to Fig. 2 but llustratm a 'mod ification, and Fig.112, is an enlarge new in section on 55 the line 12-12 of- Fig; 11.

' A longitudinal series of transversely positioned channel bars or carlines 1 are secured at their ends to longitudinal side beams 2 by means of bolts 3. The ends of the carlines have laterally projecting perforated plates 1 integral with the carlines, and through which the bolts 3 project, and are secured by nuts 5. The carlines are arched to conform to the shape ofthe roof, and contain filler pieces 6 of wood. To these filler pieces, the roof timbers '7 are secured by nails 8, and covering the heads of these nails are transversely positioned filler pieces 9 which .are curved transversely on their outer faces, and on their inner faces are flat, and lie against and across the roof timbers 7. Metal caps are positioned on the cap filler pieces 9, and at their lower ends are curved outwardly so as not topresent any sharp edges which might cut when any motion is given the timbers. These caps 10 are approximately inverted U-shape in cross section, and extend throughout the width of the car directly above the carline 1, and they also confine the longitudinal edges of roof plates 11. These roof plates are of sheet metal, and their longitudinal edges extend over the filler pieces 9 under the caps 10, and said caps 10, filler pieces 9, filler pieces 6, and carlines 1, together with the roof timbers 7, are made with register ing openings for the reception of bolts 12. The heads 13 of these bolts bear tightly against flattened surfaces 14 on the caps 10, which flattened surfaces are formed by forcing the metal outwardly to form the openings, and the said bolts are securely clamped by nuts 15 on their inner ends.

By tightening the nuts 15, the roof timbers 7, as well as the roof plate 11 are securely clamped, and the structure is therefore strong and durable. As the filler pieces 9 cover the nails 8, the latter cannot work loose, andare securely held in driven position.

On the crown of the roof, on each cap 10, a metal saddle 16 is located. Each saddle com rises a casting having its lower face incllned downwardly in both directions transversel from itScenter, and curved in the arc of circle longitudinally of the car -to snugly fit the'cap 1011sseen most clearly in Figs.- 2, 3, and .5. These saddles are se-.

cured to the roof structure by bolts 17 which are rojected through the lower in-- clined mem ers 18 of the saddle, and are.

secured by nuts 19. V The upper portion of the saddle is horizontal, is provided with four upwardly projecting lugs between which the parallel running boards 21 are.

located. These running boards are secured against movementby long bolts 22, which extend through registering openings in the lugs 20, and in the running boards 21, and are secured by nuts 23. -It will therefore be seen that the upper surface of the running board is free from bolt heads, and the are of slightly greater length than that porplates as seen most clearly at the right of tion of the sheet which extends over the I side edges of the car, so that the ends of the rods project beyond the edges of the metal Fig. 4;. I

To confine ands'ec'urely hold the adjacent ends of the rods 12, as well as the sheets or plates 11 and caps 10, we employ what .we

term eave clips 24: which are illustrated in detail in Figs. 7, 8, 9, and 10, and in operation'in Fi 4. These clips each comprise a casting w ich has an. upper restricted hood 25 to inclose the end of the cap 10 and filler piece 9. The upper portion of the clip, adjacent the restricted hood, is inclined to conform to the shape of'the sheets 1, as they extend over the roof and around the rods, but said clips are made with partitions 26 which are positioned between the adjacent ends of the rods 12, so'as to securely hold said .rods against longitudinal movement. The lower portion of each clip is flat, and lies flat against the fascia board27 of the car, the side timbers 28 being confined between tlr ese fascia boards, and the side timbers by means of the bolts?) above referred to. Ehe said bolts 3 also project through openings 29 in the clips, and securely hold .the clips in position.

Corner brackets 30 confine the corners of the roof structure and the running boards 21 extend out over the end of the car, and are secured to transverse timbers 31, and to brackets 32 by bolts 33 and nuts 34.

' In Figs. 11 and 12 we illustrate a modification in which the cap 35, saddle 36, and

eave clips 37 are all formed of a single integral casting. These l-arts are of the same general shape and for the same purpose as the similar parts of the preferred form above described, except that they are all integral and bolts 38 are secured in enlargements 39 onthe inner faces of the caps, and are therefore rigidly secured to the caps and assembled with the caps.

Various other slight changes might be made'in' the general form and arrangement of parts described without departing from our invention, and hence we do not limit ourselves to the precise details set forth, but consider ourselves atliberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claim. I

Having thusv described our invention, what we'claim as new and desire to secure by LettersPatent is In combination with roof timbers and transversely positioned cap plates on said timbers, of roof sheets located on the timbers and having their edges confined be neath the cap pieces and their ends projecting over the edges of the roof, rods around which the ends of said plates are bent, the ends of said rods projectin beyond the plates, and eave clips con ning the ends of said rods, the edges of said plates, and the ends of said caps.

. In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the Presence of two subscrlbmg witnesses.

JEREMIAH J. KELLEHER. CHARLES D. PORTER.

I Witnesses: CHAs. E. Po'rrs, R. H. KRENKEL.

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